Noun: cucumber kyoo-kúm-bu(r)
- Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
"He added sliced cucumbers to the Greek salad";
- cuke [informal]
- A melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
"They grew cucumbers for pickling";
- cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus
Derived forms: cucumbers
Type of: melon, melon vine, veg [Brit, informal], vegetable, veggie [informal]
Part of: Cucumis, genus Cucumis
Encyclopedia: Cucumber, West Virginia